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r . v . 1 t ' ' Abbeville Press and Banner * ' 11 Calttbliahcdl ? 1*1. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. / ONLY ROUTINE MATTERS CON SIDERED?MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED NEW BILLS RE CEIVED IN HOUSE DEALING WITH VARIED SUBJECTS.? WOULD EXEMPT BONDS. Washington-, Dec. 7.?Congress reconvened today with the custo mary brief and routine opening ses sions which were attended by great crowds and marked by an address, in the senate by President-elect Harding as a unique and historic feature. Senatofr Harding took his seat, answered his name when the: senate roll was called and made a brief address from the rostrum. Other features of the opening of the third and final session of the Sixty-sixth congress were receipt of annual appropriation estimates ag gregating $4,653,000,000 and intro ductoin in the house of an unusual volume of new bills and resolutions. Senators held up their bills until tomorrow in accordance with the custom of limiting the^Brst day to formal convocation. The principal business of today's sessions was to arrange for receipt tomorrow of President Wilson's opening message. A joint committee called upon the president at the White House and the latter receiv ing them in the Blue room told them he would "have " a communication" tomorrow. He did not state whether he would send or read his message, but it was understflad that the form er course would be pursued. To Start at Noon The senate was in session 25 min utes and the house, notwithstanding its longer roll call, only twice as long. New members elected last November to frll vacancies were sworn in and adjournment taken until oon, tomorrow, when both bodies plan, after receiving the president's message, to proceed to work. As "usual the senate session pro ceeded with dignified calm and the house with boisterous confusion. The latter's roll call was taken amid a bedlam of feliicitations of return ing members and conversation of members and spectators. Galleries of both bodies were jammed and thousands of persons stood in the halls to catch glimpses and -sounds of the proceeding with in. About the capitol, conferences of party leaders, cafe dinner parties and surging crowds in the corridors furnished other opening session at mosphere. i The program for tomorrow's/ in auguration of actual work called for debate in the senate on the bill for federal regulation of the meat in dustry and for the launching of im migration Restriction legislation in the house. The house immigration committee bill prohibiting immigra tion for two years was reported out today and the rules committee to morrow will consider a rule for its immediate consideration under limi tation of debate. New Bill Come In More than 350 new bills and reso lutions were dropped in the hopper today and a flood of similar propo sitions is expected tomorrow in the senate. The new house measures dealt with almost every conceivable ? * * i' i suDjecc, including proposals ior re-i peal of war laws, for appropriations! of milions of dollars for a myriad] of purposes, pensions and many measures for farmers' relief. Committees of both senate and house are to begin work immediate ly on the measures left on their cal endars from preceding sessions and on the new grist. Calls for numer out committee meetings this week were issued by chairman today, but leaders said that the regular appro priation bills would have the right of way. They added that it was hoped to pass all of the appropria tion bills before March 4, but that l (Continued on Page Eight) WILSON BE GIVEN PRIZE DECEMBER 10TH t Official Announcement to This Effect Is Made in Copenhagen?Prize Carries With It Grant of About -$40,000. Copenhagen, Dec. 7.?Announce ment is made that the Nob^l Peace Prize will be conferred on President Wilson of the United States on Dec ember 10th. >T , 1 r> r?_: ?J ine iNODei reace irise camcu mui it a grant of about $40,000 which is one fifth of the annual interest on about $9,000,000 left for that pur pose by Alfred B. Nobel, the Swed ish scientist and the inventor of dyna mite, who died in 1896. The only two Americans who have in the past re ceived the Nobel Peace Prize? were Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Elihu Root, in 1912. BAKER IS ASKED TO EXPLAIN ARMY OF 280,000 MEN Washington, Dec. 7.?Secretary * - -t _ * i 4.L. ~ .baKeir was aspect wmay uy me House military committee to ap pear before it Friday to explain why the War Department has re cruited an army of more than 180, 000 men. Chairman Kahn, of the House military committee, said some com mittee members felt that the Wair Department had broken faith with the committee, explaining that the army appropriation for the yeajr was based on a maximum of 180, 000 men with the" understanding that such a force would be suffi cient. Reports to the committee, Mr. Kahn continued, indicate that the army now approximated 210,000 ' meti and that efforts were being^ made to reach the 280,000 maxi-i mum allowed under the army reor gamzauon acx. n xms were aone, n? added, a deficit of at least $160, 000,000 would be incurred. An announcement today by the War Department, placed the total strength of the regular army on No- 1 vfember 3 Oat 221,285 officer and j men. WOULD PLACE DUTY OF 30C ON WHEAT 1 Washington, Dec. 7.?Bills provi ding a duty on wheat and flour im ports and regulating grain "ex changes have been framed by Rep resentative Steenerson, of Minne- j sota, who expected to introduce both mesaures today, in addition to his resolution authorizing the feder al trade commission to investigate the activity of foreign governments in the American grain markets. Du ties of thirty cents per bushel on wheat, $1.35 per barrel on flour and thirty per cen ad-valorem on eemilina and other wheat products nrnvided for in one of Mr. Steenerson's bills. One of the causes of the slump of wheat prices, he declared today, was the dumping on United States markets of millions of bushels of wheat and several mil lion barrels of flour from. Canada free of duty. The measure resigned to regulate grain exchanges provides that orga nizations operating them shall ad mit groups of farmers organized on the co-operative principles on equal footing with oth^" members and un der like conditions, NEW OFFICERS ELECTED At the annual meeting of the Wom an's Aid Society of the Baptist church held Monday afternoon, the follow ing officers were elected for the year 1921: President, Mrs. Louis J. Bris i - ? * if r> i t 1- . tow; vice president, airs, raui junm; secretary, Mrs. C. C. Wallace; treas urer, Mrs. C. D. Brown, Jr. / MAYOR IN ATLANTA. Mayor J. Moore Mars is in Atlan ta today on^business connected with the paving bonds. These bonds, as recently noted, have been sold to an Atlanta firm of bond buyers, and the Mayor goes over to look after the details of the sale. OMINOUS SHADOW OF SENATOR PENROSE INTERVENES?FIRST MOVE FAILS?JOINT RESOLU TION TO REVIVE WAR Fl NANCE CORPORATION PRAC TICALLY LOST Washington, Dec. 7.?The ominous shadow of Senator Penrose fali ng athwart the senate chamber this morning dimmed the roseate promise of governmental aid to the Strieker farmers of the South and West. The Republican "boss" while ab sent, expressed himself through those lieutenants who in the recent cam paign comprised the "senatorial oli garchy." These succeeded in relegat ir.g to an indefinite state from whlcl it may be recalled only by unanimous consent the joint resolution calcu lated to resurrect the war finance corporation, and so liberalize the fed eral reserve system that farmer: could Obtain necessary funds re'adilj and at reasonable interes?/rates. Senator Lodge objected to the con sideration of the resolution because it was not broad enough to include the mills of New England, which he declared to be distressed to an extenl equal to that of the farmers' . dis tress. Senator Frelinghuysen object ed,because of his contention that the revival of the war finance corpora tion would necessitate a bond issue oi Jfl,uuu,uuu,uuu wnicn wouia iurcn er inflate the national currency. Sen ator Watson acting chairman of th< finance comittee and Senator Smool an astute leader of the "Old Guard/ stood ready to assist in jockeying the resolution into such position'thai it could gain its feet again only bj the most strenuous efforts. Senatoi Glass of Virginia further contributec to the discomfiture of the farmers friends by declaring against the ef lort to change the policy of the fed eral reserve system. It was his poinl that if the resolution prevailed, il would transform the system from ? reserve to a speculative system. The Glass contribution impresses the friends of the resolution with ar idea that they had orreds in stateg} when they attempted to rectify twt institutions by a single move. While the developments of the daj revealed unsuspected opposition. th( friends of the farmers. prepared t. renew the combat. Representative Byrnes of South Carolina, pointing out the fact that his resolution re 'erred solely to the war finance cor povaljon and not to the federal re 'jcrve system, lobbied with succes; imor,^ influential Republicans of tht Iiorse. Representative Stegell of Alabama to meet the objection of ' Senatoi Lodge presented a new resolutioi under the terms of which the wai finance corporation would extend ait not only to farmers but to marufac turers. Senator Harris of Georgia, iv'thou regard to the war finance corpora lion, proceeded through an indopend ent Ti;ove against the federal reserv board. His measure would limit th< rate of interest to be charge i mem ber banks to 5 per cent. Despite these moves, in an effort t< regain lost ground, the prospects ar< admittedly less bright than yestar day. The opposition of Senator Pen rose and his lieutenants will be, it i: confessed, a difficult opposition t< overcome. JOHN S. WILLIAMS IS RENOMINATE! Washington, Dec. 7.?John Skel ton Williams of Richmond, Va., wa: renominated today by Presiden Wilson to be comptroller of th< currency. His name was in a list o: approximately 1,700 nominations mostly recess appointments and in eluding something like 15,000 arm: promotions. Practically all of th< more important appointments hac been previously announced. APPEAL 10 CON BANKERS SUPPORT PLEA OF cFARMERS. LEADERS IN WASHINGTON MARSHAL FOR CES TO DEFEAT OPPOSITION LED BY SENATORS LODGE AND GLASS Memphis, Dec. 7.?Revival of the r war unance corporation was m 5 dorsed at a conference here today . of bankers, merchants and planters t from all of the cotton growing states as a means of immediately remedying-present depressed condi tions in the cotton markets, and ' committees were named to perfect plans to bring about a drastic cur tailment . in production next, year and to permanently stabilize the 1 cotton growng ndustry. On motion of W. B. Thompson, former president of the New Or leans cotton exchange,, a telegram was sent to Washington tonight urging upon congress the need oi 1 reviving the war finance corpora tion. Another resolution introduced " today was referred to a committee asking that a special government census be taken of cotton of lowei than tenderable grades. L Committees to devise means of enforcing a reduction in cotton acreage and the arising of greatei 5 food and feed crops; whicfi leaders in the movement declare will 5 amount to a curtailment of at least " 50 per cent in the acreage planted " in cotton, were named after ad 1 dresses by Gov. John M. Parker, ol ^ Louisiana, chairman of the confer ence, and other speakers, who ' stressed the necessity of a cut in t production and diversified crops as r logical solution of the situation : now facing the Southern . plantei ' dde to the present stagnant market, Governor Parker suggested that bankers refuse to extend credit to famers who do not join the acreage t] reduction movement. .Washington, Dec. 7.?Undaunted by failure to obtain Immediate ac [ tion in the senate today on tarmei i relief legislation announced tonight ' they intend renewing their efforts > to bring their proposals to a) vote, Chairman Gronna of the senate ag r ricultural committee declared the ? farmer relief forces had the as , surance of enough votes to'pass the ; legislation and were determined tc , do it. Objection of Senator Lodge, Mas - sachusetts, Republican leader, and - of Senator Glass, Democrat, Vir ; ginia, today blocked consideration ? of the pending resolution demand ing of the finance corporation and the extension of more liberal credits to farmers by the reserve banking f system. The Republican leader saic i time has not been given for sena [ I . ^ j to*s to study the proposition anc suggested that manufacturers oj New England were having the samt 1 j-??u? __ J.1? nUain j dimcuity as me immcia m vwv?i?< ^ j ing needed credit. Senator Gronna said tonight thai as soon as the testhnony taken ir ' the hearings by his committee was 3 printed and placed in the hands oi the senate he would press for con sideration of the resolution. 5 The resolution now is on the sen 1 ate calendar and can be called up al any time by unanimous coisent oi by majority vote of the senate. 3 The senate agricultural commit 5 tee, which reported the resolution in the meantime will resume hear I ings tomorrow with a view of devis j ing other remedial legislation foi > the producers. "Reduction in the past has always . meant reduction for the other fel s low," said Governor Parker. "Tc t fix it so that the individual will nol ? violate the plans of this- conventior f your bankers should be memorali zed to grant not orte dollar oi . credit to the individual who doe; f not live up to these plans." i Governor Parker urged the plant 1 ers to sell enough of their cotton now on hand to at least repay the PLAN ACREAGE CUT OF AfiOUT 50 P. C. Memphis Cotton Men in Session For mulate Plans to Reduce Cptton / 'Acreage and Increase Food stuffs Planting. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 7?Measures to make effective 50 per cent reduc tion in the acreage planted in cotton and a similar increase.in the acreage devoted to food crops and live stock raising were under consideration at a meeting here today* of representa tives of banking, commercial and far ming interests in all of the southern states. Leaders in the movement declare that action to be taken at the meeting would insure a cut of at least one half in cotton acreage next year which, they declare, imperative as a means of stabilizing the market and to re store the price to a figure that will give the farmer a reasonable return for the 1921 crop. Committees were named at oday's session to perfect a plan of campaign and report at the final session of the convention tomorrow. The meeting was called by a joint committee representing the Memphis Cotton Exchange, Chamber of Com merce, Clearing House Association and various other commercial organi zations. i i COTTON DOWN AGAIN The cottoA market was disaD pointing to the bulls aggjn today. I After losing some 45 points at yes terday's close, the market opened l' this morning at a further decline, j and ruled lowgr all day, the closing . figures being about 25 points down from yesterday's close. January fu tures closed at 15.72 against 15.93 ( yesterday. Spots in New York and New Orleans were down 25 points. t No cotton was offered on the lo , cal market today. The price offered was about as yesterday, 16 1-2 ' cents for good cotton, with 17 for fancy cotton. , The government ginners' figures were announced at 11 o'clock. The amount of cotton ginned to Decem ( ber 1st., was 10,144,321 against 8, 844,368 to the same period lest , year. The amount of cotton ginned in the period since the last report ' was about the same as that ginned in the same period last year. The failure to secure any relief , by legislation and the announce . ment that the French spinners were , going on a three day a week pro , gram had a depressing influence on the market. PROF. THOMSON HONORED ! The many Abbeville relatives and . friends of Dr. J. W. Thomson, a I native and erstwhile resident of this! . city, will learn with pleasure the an , nouncement of his appoinment on [ the State Board of Education by . Governor Cooper. The governor at! I the same time appointed two women E on the State Board for the first , time in the history of the state. . They are Mrs. W. C. McGowan of Charleson and Miss Jennie Lou j. Brown of Aiken. i The State Board of Education 3 will have lots of hard and important f work to do next summer as the text . books for use in the public schools' of this state will Ibe adopted in 1921. t SDN BILL IS HOT It has been reported that one of , the high school boys huddled up in a big overcoat one of the cold even ings last week saw Son Bill Greene r pass on his bicycle, looking like a| fellow ready for an August picnic. 3 The boy hollered to Bill to know if . he wasn't about to freeze. Son Bill > replied without even turning his ; head, "Selling Press and Banners . keeps up the circulation." bankers for money loaned for the 5 making of the present crop. Colonel Thompson predicted that the crop next year would not ex i ceed 8,000,000 bales, approximate i ly one-half of abnormal crop. WILSON DISCUSSES HOME PROBLEMS r. PRESIDENT URGES NATIONAL ECONOMY A BUDGET AND REVISION OF TAX LAWS ASKS FOR A LOAN TO AR MENIA. WOULD FREE PHILIP- ' PINE ISLANDS ' Washington, Dec. 7.?President Wilson's concrete recommendations ( to Congress in his annual message today were: Revision of the tax laws with sim- . plification of the income and profits taxes. Independence for the Philip pines. A loan to Armenia. Economy in government appro priations and expenditures and el ation of a "workable!' budget sys tem. * v Cold storage and other laws af fecting thee ost of living, and the Federal licensing of corporations as recommended in previous messages. Rehabilitation and training of dis able soldieirs and sailors. The Pres- ' -v, ident did not endorse a bonus. Nowhere did the President refer to the League of Nations of the peace treaty fight. Except perhaps by inference in his opening when he quoted Abroham Lincoln's "let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it." At its close the President wrote a paragraph which might be regard ed as a valedictory saying: "I have not so much laid before you a series of (recommendations as sought to utter a confession of faith, of the faith in which I was bred and whichtit is my solemn pur pose to stand by until my last fight ing day. I believe this to be the faith of America, the faith of the future and of all the victories which await national action in the days to come, whether in America or eisy where. Democracy, the President said, "is being put upon its final test. "The old world," said he "is just now suffering from a wanton rejec tion of the principle of democracy and a substitution of the principle . of autocracy' as asserted in ' the name but without the authority and sanction of the mult.wude. This is the time of all others when demo ciracy should prove its purity and its spiritual power to prevail. It is surely the manifest destiny of the United States to lead in the attempt to make this spirit prevail. Two ways " in which the United States can assist to accomplish this grreat object" were outlined by the President. They were: "First: By offering the example vrahin her own borders of the will and power of Democracy to make and enforce laws which are unques tionably just and which aire equal in their administration. "Second: By standing for right and justice as 'towards individual nations. The President sent the message by a messengofr, deciding not to read it in person. MISTAKE IN ADVERTISEMENT In the big advertisement of Park er & Reese in Mondays Press and Ban ner all hats are advertised as of the Jno. B. Stetson make. This was a mistake due to a misreading of the copy. All hats at $6.00 and under are not of the Jno. B. Stetson make. All over that are of that make. A similar mistake is made with re gard to socks. All socks are advertis ed as silk socks. Those under $1.00 are not of silk, while those over that amount are of silk. The Press and Banner regrets that this error crept into the advertise ment, but it is one of the mistakes which happen. However, those peo ple who have gone to Parker and Reese's in response to the advertise ment have not been disappointed. They have bought bargains better than the advertisement indicated. They are still offering untold bar gains.